noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.
2. 2
   fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glēba (“lump, mass”). Doublet of glebe.

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